Weymouth Wizard

The "Weymouth Wizard" was a named summer service operated by GWR (Great Western Railway) between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth. The special service was named when Great Western Railway started running a single Saturday summer Class 43 HST (High Speed Train) service between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth. Great Western Railway collaborated with The Heart of Wessex Line to promote rail travel along the popular route. The special service began in 2014 and returned in 2015. It is unknown if the service will return in 2016.

Service

The HST left Bristol Temple Meads at 08:16 in the morning and arrived in Weymouth at 11:45. The train then waited in the Weymouth Sidings until it's return journey left at 17:28 and arrives back into Bristol at 20:54. Due to engineering works in August 2015 between Westbury and Bath Spa via Bradford-on-Avon, the service was diverted via Swindon, meaning passengers did not have to use a replacement bus service. It's calling stations were;

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